Growing Industry and BIG Business (____________ - ____________)
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Between the end of the end of the Civil War (_________) and World War I (_________), the
United States was transformed from an ________________________ to an
___________________________ nation
Part I. Manufacturing Areas
 Manufacturing areas were created near places with large ____________________
Part II. Why Industrialize…
1. __________________________ - Better Transportation
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Brought _________________________ from the ____________ to the factories in the
___________
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Copper, lead, and iron ore
_________________carried _____________ (finished products) from ______________to
people all over the country
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This creates _____________________________________
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___________________ that stretch across the continent
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Now people can___________ things from ______________ around the____________
Advertising
• Advertising was a way to reach _________________________________
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Consumer: a person who _________________________________ to use
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Industries started __________________ – ___________________; people could
order____________________ from home and the _________________would deliver them
2. New _____________________________
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New ___________________________ created __________________________ and
__________________________________ in the United States
Henry Ford
• Born on July 30, 1863 in Dearborn, ________________________
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Worked as an ______________________________
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Founded _____________ __________ ______________
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Invented the _______________ automobile (not the 1 car) using
st
the ____________ _______________
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_________________________: arranging workers in such a way to manufacture a product
_______________________and ________________________
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Each _________________________ has __________________
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Impact on Industry: other factories copied __________ ___________ of using
the________________________________
Thomas Edison
 Born in 1847 in __________________________ (later moved and worked in
_____________________)
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Only completed ___________________________________ of school
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Started General Electric (GE)
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Invented the ___________________________________________ in 1879
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Invented ______________________________________
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Impact on Industry: _________________ the work _____________
Alexander Graham Bell
 Born in Scotland - ______________________to America in 1871 (US citizen in 1882)
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Worked with deaf children
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Bell’s wife and mother were both deaf
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President of __________________________________________________
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Invented the ____________________________________ in 1876
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Created ______________________________________- a telephone service
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Impact on Industry: Improved _______________________
3. Increase in Labor
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Cities were growing _____________________!
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Thousands of __________________________ were moving to the US for a better life
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Immigrants were used as ___________________ (_______________) in factories
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Workers were not always treated fairly
4. Access to Raw Materials
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Raw Material: a material that comes from ___________________that is used to
___________________________________
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Examples: _______________, lead, ______________…
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Raw materials were found in the ______________ and transported east using the
_________________________
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_______________ was brought from the west to __________________to make ___________
5. Mass Production
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Mass production: making __________________________ (_____________________) of a
product ________________ and ________________
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Factories would produce goods using the _________________________________
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Assembly line allowed factories to produce goods ___________________________________
Part III. BIG Business
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Rich business leaders used __________________ and ______________ to create
____________________________________ = BIG Business
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______________________ – when a company has __________________________________
over an industry, product, or service
Examples of Big Business:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Big Business - ___________________________
1. Oil is used as a __________ _________
2. __________________ can be ______________________________ from the
_____________________
John D. Rockefeller – “Captain of the ____________ Industry”
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Formed ____________________________________ in 1870 in __________
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Larger than others companies and able to set his prices
_________________________ than others
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He bought other __________________________________ and was able to create a
______________________________________________
Big Business - _________________________________
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Steel can be manufactured quicker and cheap
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__________________________________________ makes it easy to make steel
o Heat iron
o Makes steel cheaper
Andrew Carnegie – “Captain of the Steel Industry”
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First ______________factory in _______________________________
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____________companies that performed all ________________of ______
production (railroad, ships, steel mill, Iron ore deposits, etc.)
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Kept costs ___________________ and prices ______________________
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Smaller companies were at a disadvantage because they were not able to make ___________
_______ __________________
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Known for giving money to charities - _______________________________________
Big Business - _________________________________________
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Improvements in ___________________________________ (railroads) helped boost
______________
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Railroads create ___________________________ across the country
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Easy to move _______________________________________ (copper, lead, and iron ore) to
factories in the __________________________
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Easy to transport ________________________ and _____________________________
Cornelius Vanderbilt – “Captain of the Railroad and Shipping Industry”
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Owned ________________________________ and
________________________________
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Connected the east coast to Chicago
Big Business - _________________________________________
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Bank – a company that ___________________ and ___________________ capital (money)
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Loan: _________________________ money
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Invest: giving money to a ______________________________.
o If company does well: ___________________ ___________________!
o If company fails: ______________________ ____________________.
J.P. Morgan – “Captain of the Banking Industry”
 Started his own company, __________________________________________________.
o Began as a ____________________ _____________________
_________________________ which became a leading
___________________________ firm in the nation
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Merged Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company
to form ________________________ _____________________.